encantar
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely a Semi-learned borrowing from Latin incantāre. By surface analysis, en- + cantar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]encantar (first-person singular present encanto, first-person singular preterite encantí, past participle encantat)
Usage notes
[edit]- In the sense translated as 'love', subject and object are reversed from those of to love. That is, the subject of encantar is the thing that is loved and the indirect object is the person loving it. As the object is indirect, a third-person subject is supplemented with the preposition a, or substituted by pronouns li/els.
- M'encanta l'hivern. — I love winter a lot. (literally to me winter loves a lot)
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “encantar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “encantar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “encantar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “encantar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese encantar, from Latin incantāre, present active infinitive of incantō, possibly taken as a semi-learned term. Equivalent to en- + cantar.
Verb
[edit]encantar (first-person singular present encanto, first-person singular preterite encantei, past participle encantado)
Conjugation
[edit]1Less recommended.
Related terms
[edit]Occitan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]encantar
Conjugation
[edit]simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | encantar | aver encantat | |||||
gerund | encantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | encantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | encanti | encantas | encanta | encantam | encantatz | encantan | |
imperfect | encantavi | encantavas | encantava | encantàvem | encantàvetz | encantavan | |
preterite | encantèri | encantères | encantèt | encantèrem | encantèretz | encantèron | |
future | encantarai | encantaràs | encantarà | encantarem | encantaretz | encantaràn | |
conditional | encantariái | encantariás | encantariá | encantariam | encantariatz | encantarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | encantèra | encantèras | encantèra | encanteram | encanteratz | encantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | encante | encantes | encante | encantem | encantetz | encanten | |
imperfect | encantèssi | encantèsses | encantèsse | encantèssem | encantèssetz | encantèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
encanta | encantem | encantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | encantar | aver encantat | |||||
gerund | encantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | encantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | encante | encantes | encanta | encantam | encantatz | encanton | |
imperfect | encantave | encantaves | encantava | encantaviam | encantaviatz | encantavon | |
preterite | encantere | encanteres | encantet | encantem | encantetz | encanteron | |
future | encantarai | encantaràs | encantará | encantarem | encantaretz | encantarán | |
conditional | encantariá | encantariás | encantariá | encantariam | encantariatz | encantarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | encantèra | encantèras | encantèra | encanteram | encanteratz | encantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | encante | encantes | encante | encantassiam | encantassiatz | encanton | |
imperfect | encantesse | encantesses | encantesse | encantessiam | encantessiatz | encantesson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
encanta | encantassiam | encantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | encantar | aver encantat | |||||
gerund | encantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | encantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | encanti | encantas | encanta | encantam | encantatz | encantan | |
imperfect | encantavi | encantavas | encantava | encantàvam | encantàvatz | encantavan | |
preterite | encantèi | encantès | encantè | encantèm | encantètz | encantèn | |
future | encantarèi | encantaràs | encantarà | encantaram | encantaratz | encantaràn | |
conditional | encantarí | encantarés | encantaré | encantarem | encantaretz | encantarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | encantèra | encantèras | encantèra | encanteram | encanteratz | encantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | encanti | encantes | encante | encantem | encantetz | encanten | |
imperfect | encantèssi | encantèsses | encantèsse | encantèssem | encantèssetz | encantèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
encanta | encantem | encantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | encantar | aver encantat | |||||
gerund | encantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | encantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | encante | encantas | encanta | encantam | encantatz | encantan | |
imperfect | encantava | encantavas | encantava | encantàvam | encantàvatz | encantavan | |
preterite | encantei | encanteras | encantet | encantèram | encantèratz | encanteran | |
future | encantarai | encantaràs | encantará | encantarem | encantaretz | encantarán | |
conditional | encantariá | encantariàs | encantariá | encantariam | encantariatz | encantarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | encantèra | encantèras | encantèra | encanteram | encanteratz | encantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | encante | encantes | encante | encantem | encantetz | encanten | |
imperfect | encantèsse | encantèsses | encantèsse | encantèssem | encantèssetz | encantèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
encanta | encantem | encantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | encantar | aver encantat | |||||
gerund | encantant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | encantat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | encante | encantes | encanta | encantam | encantatz | encantan | |
imperfect | encantavi | encantavas | encantava | encantàvem | encantàvetz | encantavan | |
preterite | encantère | encantères | encantèt | encanteriam | encanteriatz | encantèron | |
future | encantarai | encantaràs | encantarà | encantarem | encantaretz | encantaràn | |
conditional | encantariáu | encantariás | encantariá | encantariam | encantariatz | encantarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | encantèra | encantèras | encantèra | encanteram | encanteratz | encantèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | encante | encantes | encante | encantem | encantetz | encantan | |
imperfect | encantèsse | encantèsses | encantèsse | encantessiam | encantessiatz | encantèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
encanta | encantem | encantatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese encantar, from Latin incantāre, possibly taken as a semi-learned term. By surface analysis, en- + cantar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɐ̃ˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɐ̃ˈta(ɻ)/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kɐ̃.ˈta(h)/
- Hyphenation: en‧can‧tar
Verb
[edit]encantar (first-person singular present encanto, first-person singular preterite encantei, past participle encantado)
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin incantāre, possibly taken as a semi-learned term. Equivalent to en- + cantar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]encantar (first-person singular present encanto, first-person singular preterite encanté, past participle encantado)
Usage notes
[edit]- The English verb to love (i.e., to like very much, referring to non-human objects or activities) is usually translated to and from Spanish as encantar. This causes confusion for some English speakers studying Spanish, since the subject and object of encantar are seemingly reversed from those of to love. That is, the subject of encantar is the thing that "delights", and the (indirect) object is the one who "loves" that thing. (The related verb gustar ("to like") usually functions the same way as well.)
- A commonly used method is to think of encantar as literally meaning "to delight" or "to be very pleasing to":
- No me encantaron las patatas fritas. ― I didn't like the fries very much. (literally, “The fries were not very pleasing to me.”)
- A los perros les encanta ladrar todo el día. ― Dogs love to bark all day. (literally, “Barking all day delights dogs.”)
- A María le encantan los pueblitos. ― María loves little villages. (literally, “Little villages delight María.”)
- Note that the indirect object pronoun is usually compulsory before encantar, even if the object itself is also present in the sentence. The only exception is if the object is a universal pronoun such as todo or nadie, in which case the extra pronoun is often optional:
- «¿Crees que esta canción le encanta a Raquel?» «Pues claro, ¡la canción (le) encanta a todo el mundo!» ― "Do you think Raquel loves this song?" "Well of course, everyone loves the song!"
- Also, in its conditional form, encantar can be used to express wishes or polite requests, in the same way as would love in English:
- Nos encantaría conocerte. ― We would love to meet you.
- The verb is seldom used when expressing love for a person; more commonly used verbs in such contexts include amar (for romantic love), querer (for platonic or familial love; can also be used romantically) and caer muy bien (for just getting along with someone).
- When used to mean to love or to delight (as above), the verb takes an indirect object; on the other hand, when used to mean to bewitch (in the literal sense), it takes a direct object. Contrast the following:
- Las espinacas le encantaron. ― She loved the spinach. (literally, “The spinach delighted her.”)
- Las ancianas la encantaron. ― The elderly women bewitched her.
Conjugation
[edit]These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]- cantar
- encantado (adjective)
- encantador m (adjective)
- encantadoramente (adverb)
- encantamiento m
- encanto m
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “encantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
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- es:Fantasy
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